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Ryan NicolSeptember 7, 2018

Democrat Lauren Baer is out with a new 30-second ad that knocks Republican Brian Mast‘s support for last year’s GOP tax cuts law. Baer, a former official in the Barack Obama administration, is trying to oust Mast from his seat in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. The ad, titled “Mel,” features commentary from Mel Liebman, owner of […]

Drew WilsonAugust 21, 2018

When it comes to hammering out loans, banks typically get to sit in the captain’s chair. That might not have been the case for Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, the House coxswain of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. As revealed last month, Buchanan purchased a luxurious Ocean Alexander yacht on Nov. 16, […]

Drew WilsonJuly 11, 2018

A recently filed financial disclosure shows U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan celebrated passing the House version of the Republican tax bill in quite the lavish way. According to the disclosure, Buchanan spent between $1 million and $5 million purchasing an Ocean Alexander yacht on Nov. 16, 2017, the same day he joined 226 other Republicans and no Democrats in voting for the first draft […]

Drew WilsonJuly 4, 2018

Progress Florida said in as Tuesday email that working families will be “waiting a while longer” to see any benefit from the tax cut package passed by Congressional Republicans last year. If any benefit does come, the progressive advocacy group said any savings that do come “will likely be eaten up by higher gas prices […]

Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2017

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U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo is being applauded for supporting the GOP tax plan in a new ad produced by American Action Network. The District 26 Republican is one of the most vulnerable House incumbents in the nation and has been the subject of several TV and radio ads this year by the group, which has […]

Scott PowersNovember 27, 2017

The re-election campaign for Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy on Monday blasted the Republican tax bill saying it would provide “massive tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy.” The statement, in a fundraising communication from Stephanie Murphy for Congress, goes further than the Winter Park congresswoman has gone in official public statements criticizing the House tax bill, […]

Tag: GOP tax plan

‘Time for a change’: Lauren Baer hits Brian Mast on GOP tax law

Foreign bank floated funds for Vern Buchanan’s yacht as it lobbied for tax reform

Vern Buchanan bought yacht after voting for House version of GOP tax bill

Email insights: Progress Florida says GOP tax cuts ‘eaten up’ by higher gas prices

American Action Network airing new ad praising Carlos Curbelo’s support of GOP tax plan

Stephanie Murphy campaign pans tax bill as ‘massive’ cuts for ‘ultra-wealthy’